Flutes, lard, and beer: gestures and perishable materials of the past retrieved in the present

• Autor(a) principal: Medeiros da Silva, Francini
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Pearl Shock, Myrtle, Prestes Carneiro, Gabriela, Antonio da Silva, Lucas, Gama da Silva, Elinalda, Hian dos Santos Costa, Eros, Rapp Py-Daniel, Anne, Watling, Jennifer
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Arqueologia
• Texto Completo: https://revista.sabnet.org/ojs/index.php/sab/article/view/935
• topic: tecnologias perecíveis; zooarqueologia; paleoetnobotânica; perishable technologies; zooarchaeology; paleoethnobotany; bioarchaeology; tecnologías perecederas; zooarqueología; paleoetnobotánica; bioarqueología

When we think about everyday scenes such as food preparation, house construction, hunting and fishing, the preparation of funerary contexts, there are numerous materials that do not preserve in the archaeological record. Examples of these include fibers, textiles, fats, lard, leather, insects, and resins. These elements are on the “scene” but they are often forgotten when they are not found. Research that seeks to deal with the reconstruction of spaces, materials, and gestures in the present can help us think in a more holistic way about technologies, materials and their remains. By taking a closer look at the gestures and technologies surrounding adornments, basketry, meat preparation, bone artefacts, and others, we aim to explore the potential of studies about perishable objects in Brazilian archaeological contexts. Since perishable technologies were used, we, as archaeologists, aim to reflect, upon our collection methods and the analysis and interpretation of these records that could permit a more holistic vision of the interactions between plants, animals and humans in the past.